Makes pseudonym into a grin,And thanks him for the feast,And she – a stalk – settles the scoreMirror reads: Tuo;

Our two tawdry mindsDistilled – we embark in single file – And when songbirds rush to the pulpOf this embryo, never existed anyway.

(Written in about an hour. Wrote one side of A5 paper of notes, typed up, then moved some lines around. Had a mirror in room, on floor leaning againt wall, and cold glass of water. Heard birds outside. Line: "Millennium of winters" came from Frank Turner lyric "She went winters without me," which I thought sounded like "She went ten winters without me." I just took what I thought, and changed it to millennium.

"Tuo" is pronounced "Two." It is the mirror reflection of "Out."

I also took the first two stanzas and put them in a poem of their own:

The grind of train wheelsSlick at the track,Scares off the ratsThat echo in their black waters.

A millennium of wintersEnters each whiskered girlWhich buys each white legGrown to charm snakes: Or charm the charmer.